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    Arrow Squat check - bending over enough?

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    Hello all. I'm re-running my NLP a 2nd time after a year off from lifting due to life crap and am in my 4th week. Thanks for tolerating my idiocy.

    I think I've cleaned up some of the form issues I had last time, but my squats still feel off. Specifically, I feel like I might not be bending over far enough. I know it's not the best indicator, but my quads are always toast after finishing squatting, and I never feel it in my posterior chain.

    Here are 3 different angles:

    Set 1 - side view
    https://youtube.com/watch?v=maQCNU2hd14?feature=share

    Set 2 - rear 45
    https://youtube.com/watch?v=kl4zvi6Jwmc?feature=share

    Set 3 - front 45
    https://youtube.com/watch?v=3kfghuXBzlw?feature=share

    I realize some of these are a bit too low, still working on fine-tuning depth. I also know my knees are caving in on the ascent pretty badly, still working on that as well.

    As always, very grateful for any help.

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    Depth is correct on all of these. They look pretty good to me.

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    Thank you good sir.

    Also, quick plug for other novices: read the blue book. Then read it again. And again. Literally on the second page of the squat chapter:

    "All styles of squatting tend to make the quads sore, more so than any of the other muscles...because the quads are the only knee extensor group..."

    Seems like I always find a new nugget whenever I crack it open.

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